Love You Like A Love Song – English Lyrics

• By: Selena Gomez

Lyrics & Translation

Discover the magic of new love through Selena Gomez's hit "Love You Like A Love Song." This catchy electropop tune is a great way to learn English vocabulary related to love and music, with its repetitive and easy-to-follow lyrics. The song's simple yet powerful metaphors make it a fun and memorable way to practice the language.

[English]

It's been said and done

Every beautiful thought's been already sung

And I guess right now, here's another one

So your melody will play on and on

With the best of 'em

You are beautiful

Like a dream come alive, incredible

A centerfold, miracle, lyrical

You saved my life again

And I want you to know, baby

I, I love you like a love song, baby

I, I love you like a love song, baby

I, I love you like a love song, baby

And I keep hittin' repeat-peat-peat-peat (Oh)

I, I love you like a love song, baby (Oh)

I, I love you like a love song, baby (Oh)

I, I love you like a love song, baby (Oh)

And I keep hittin' repeat-peat-peat-peat

Constantly

Boy, you play through my mind like a symphony

There's no way to describe what you do to me

You just do to me, what you do

And it feels like I've been rescued

I've been set free

I am hypnotized by your destiny

You are magical, lyrical, beautiful

You are

And I want you to know, baby

I, I love you like a love song, baby

I, I love you like a love song, baby

I, I love you like a love song, baby

And I keep hittin' repeat-peat-peat-peat (Oh)

I, I love you like a love song, baby

I, I love you like a love song, baby

I, I love you like a love song, baby (I love you)

And I keep hittin' repeat-peat-peat-peat

No one compares

You stand alone

To every record I own

Music to my heart

That's what you are

A song that goes on and on

I, I love you like a love song, baby

I, I love you like a love song, baby (I love you)

I, I love you like a love song, baby (I love you)

And I keep hittin' repeat-peat-peat-peat

I, I love you like a love song, baby

I, I love you like a love song, baby

I, I love you like a love song, baby (I love you)

I love you like a love song

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
love /lʌv/ A1	noun - a strong feeling of affection verb - to feel deep affection for someone
song /sɔːŋ/ A1	noun - a short musical composition with words
beautiful /ˈbjuːtɪfəl/ A2	adjective - pleasing the senses or mind aesthetically
dream /driːm/ A2	noun - a sequence of images, emotions, and sensations occurring in the mind during sleep verb - experience dreams during sleep
alive /əˈlaɪv/ A2	adjective - living; not dead
life /laɪf/ A1	noun - the condition that distinguishes animals and plants from inorganic matter, including the capacity for growth, reproduction, functional activity, and continual change preceding death
play /pleɪ/ A1	verb - engage in activity for enjoyment and recreation
mind /maɪnd/ A2	noun - the element of a person that enables them to be aware of the world and their experiences, to think, and to feel; the faculty of consciousness and thought
symphony /ˈsɪmfəni/ B1	noun - an elaborate musical composition for full orchestra
describe /dɪˈskraɪb/ B1	verb - give an account in words of (someone or something)
magical /ˈmædʒɪkəl/ B1	adjective - having or apparently having supernatural powers
lyrical /ˈlɪrɪkəl/ B1	adjective - (of poetry) expressing the writer's emotions, usually briefly and in stanzas or recognized forms.
repeat /rɪˈpiːt/ A2	verb - to say or do something again noun - an instance of something happening or being done again
music /ˈmjuːzɪk/ A1	noun - vocal or instrumental sounds (or both) combined in such a way as to produce beauty of form, harmony, and expression of emotion.
heart /hɑːrt/ A1	noun - an organ of the body that pumps blood around the body
destiny /ˈdestɪni/ B2	noun - the events that will necessarily happen to a particular person or thing in the future

Key Grammar Structures

• It's been said and done

  ➔ Present Perfect Passive

  ➔ Uses the auxiliary verb "been" + past participle "said" and "done" to indicate that something was completed in the past, with a focus on the result.

• Every beautiful thought's been already sung

  ➔ Present Perfect Passive with Adverb "already"

  ➔ Similar to the previous example, but adds the adverb "already" to emphasize that the action has been completed before the current time.

• So your melody will play on and on

  ➔ Future Simple with "will" and adverbial phrase "on and on"

  ➔ Expresses a future action with the use of "will", and "on and on" emphasizes the continuous nature of the action.

• You are beautiful

  ➔ Subject + Linking Verb + Adjective

  ➔ Simple sentence structure using a linking verb "are" to connect the subject "You" to the adjective "beautiful", describing the subject.

• Like a dream come alive, incredible

  ➔ Simile with adjective

  ➔ Uses "like" to compare the subject to a dream, followed by an adjective "incredible" to further describe the subject.

• You saved my life again

  ➔ Past Simple

  ➔ Describes a completed action in the past.

• I, I love you like a love song, baby

  ➔ Simile

  ➔ Uses "like" to compare the love to a love song.

• And I keep hittin' repeat-peat-peat-peat

  ➔ Present Continuous tense with gerund

  ➔ Uses the present continuous tense ("keep hittin'") to describe a repeated action, with the gerund "hittin'".

• Boy, you play through my mind like a symphony

  ➔ Simile and prepositions of place/direction

  ➔ Uses "like" for a simile. "Through" indicates movement/influence.

• You stand alone

  ➔ Present simple tense

  ➔ Expressing a general truth or a habitual action.